Portable tent



520,569 A. G. EMERSON PORTABLE TENT De, 23, W24.

Filed Nov. 9, 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet `1 l NVENTOR. 77.6. E m eraanATTORNEY.

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A. G. EMERSON PORTABLE TENT I5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. J5.; @Em @We m2-Filed NOV. 9, 1.921

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Patented Bec. 23, 1924i.

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A ,f PORTABLE TENT,

Application filed November To @ZZ @07mm t may Concern.'

Be it known that l, ARTHUR G. Eamrzson, a citizen of the United States,residing at Riverbanlr, in the county Iof Stanislaus and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTortable Tents; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear7 and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of the invention is to provide a relatively simple andconvenient portable tent adapted to be used for example as a touri-ststent or in connection with automobile camping parties and to that end isadapted to be stored in compact form for transportation; and with thisobject in View the invention consists in a construction and combinationof parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in theaccompanying` drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a View of the tent set up,

Figure 2 is a view lof the frame in its extended position,

Figure 3 is a View of the same folded Figure 4 is a sectional view ofthe fra-me partly extended to show the means for locking the sections ofthe standard-s in their adjusted positions,

Figure 5 is a sectional view of a portion of the top and frame to showthe means for connecting the top to the frame and the side curtains tothe top.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional View of the sliding plug or head,illustrating the manner in which the arms are connected thereto.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 77 of Figure 3, and

Figure 8 is a detail view illustrating the manner in which the top ofthe cover of the tent is secured to the standard.

The standard 10 is of telesc'oping construction consisting in theconstruction illustrated of the inner, intermediate and outer tubularmembers 11, 12, and 13, in the former of which is arranged a slidingplug or head 14 having an annular series of seats or bearings 15 for theballs 16 on the inner ends of the arms 17 which are adapted to occupy aradial position when the frame is extended and which lie in notches 18in the upper end of the inner member of the standard.

The lower end of the outer member is pref- 9, i921. serial no, 514,011.

erably provided with a spike 19 to be driven into the ground, and theintermediate and outer members are provided with inwardly extendingguide pins 2O and fitting in longitudinal slot-s 22 and in theintermediate and inner members and adapted to be engaged with lateralnotches 24- and 25 communicating with said slots to hold theintermediate and inner members at the desired extension. A pull rod 25ais slidablv vconnected with the plug or head through which it extends,the same being provided at its inner end with a stop 26 and at its outerend with a finger hold 27 by which the extension of the standard andfolding arms may be effected. Through upward pulling movement of rod27., stop 26 will engage head 11i so as to slide the same in order tooperatively position arms 17. Stop 26 also prevents complete withdrawalof the rod 27 from the standards.

The cover consists of a top 28 which is Iof gored form having radialseams between the gores or sections and a central opening 29 for thereception of the handle or grip portion of the draw rod7 and a sidecurtain 30 provided at its upper edge with a series of snap hooks 31 forengagement with rings 32 near the periphery yof the top,-the latterbeing provided with a peripheral depending curtain 32a for preventingrain and wind from entering` the joint between the side curtain and thetop. Near its periphery the top is provided with radially disposedpoclrets 33 for the reception of the extremities of the radial arms ofthe frame, said pockets being closed at their outer ends and the armsbeing adapted to be inserted thereinto while they are in an upwardlyextending position, so that when the arms are dropped to the horizontalor cover supporting position, the top is stretched and held firmly inthe proper position. Guy ropes 34; are attachable to rings 35 connectedto staples 35a which secure the top, a marginal section 28 thereof andcurtain 32EL together. Ropes 34 are adapted to be secured at their lowerends to suitable pegs 36 driven into the ground in the usual way toproperly brace the structure when set up, as shown in Figure 1.

The cover may readily be applied to and removed from the frame andfolded into a compact form for transportation and the frame may befolded into the space represented by the outer member of the standj`When the device is not in use, the standard is in the folded form ofFigure 3 where I section 11 is telescoped within section 12 and l0section 11 aswell shown in Figure 7.

'l0 with respect to the section 12.

section 12 is telescoped within section 13 and the arms 1T are disposedwithin the `When the tent is to be assembled, the element 19 is anchoredin the ground whereupon the section 12 at its upper end is engaged bythe hand and raised. rhe fastening 21 travels the sections 12 and 13 maybe fastened together at the appropriate height. Likewise the section 11is adapted Yto be engaged adjacent its upper end in order to extend itDuring this movement, pin travels .in the slot 22 and section 11 may besecured in the adjusted position by turning the same so that the pin 2Ois received in one of the branches 24E. rIhe next operation is to emendthe arms 17 which is accomplished by 4vertically moving or pulling rod252L whose stop 26 upwardly slides the head 111 causing the rod 17 tomove upwardly, outwardly and downwardly due to the particular structureof the head and its sockets which engage the' balls 16. The cover 23 isso arranged that through the said downward movement of arms 17, theyenter the pockets 33. VThereafter, stays 34 are positioned. Before orafter this stage, the side curtain is anchored to the ground and thensecured by the fasteners 31 to the elements 32, within the dependingcurtain 32a. The latter curtain covers the joint between the side curinthe slot 23 and its branches 25 and hence tain and cover like. Y lWhatis claimed is:- Y

1. A portable tent having a standard, arms movable downwardly andoutwardly therefrom, a cover supported by 'said arms, and said coverhaving radial pockets to be entered at their inner ends by said arms,the cover being adapted to be stretched by the downward and outwardmovement of the arms. j

2. A portable tent having a standard, a plurality of arms movabledownwardly and outwardly into radiating relation therefrom, a coversupported by said standard, and said so as to exclude rain or the coverhaving pockets in a path encircling said. standard and adapted to beentered at their inner ends by said arms, the cover being adapted to bestretchedby the downward and outward movement of the arms.

3. A portable tent having a standard, a head movably disposed in saidstandard, arms carried thereby and movable downwardly and outwardlytherefrom, a cover supported by said arms, a pull rod for said headwithin said standard, said cover having an opening adjacent the standardto aecommodate manipulation of the pull rod, said cover having radialpockets to be entered at their inner ends by said arms, the cover beingadapted to be stretched by the downward and outward movement of thearms, and guy means for the cover.

In testimony whereof I afixl my signature. ture in presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR G. EMERSON.

